WUBES 2026

Scientific Program

07:30-08:00 Registration with Breakfast
08:00-08:10 Opening Remark Jeong-Yoon Park WUBES President
Congratulatory Address Dong Chan Lee KOSESS President
08:10-09:10 The Art of UBE: Best Video Award
Moderators:
Seong Joo Lee Nano Hosp., Korea
Heum Dae Kwon Pohang Stroke & Spine Hosp., Korea
08:10-08:15 Contralateral Inclinatory Approach in UBE Lumbar Discectomy: Technical Rationale and Surgical Workflow Jinwoo Jung Hu Hosp., Korea
08:15-08:20 Biportal Endoscopic Treatment of Lumbar Foraminal Lesions via a Paraspinal Approach: Strategies for Maximal Facet Preservation Tran Vu Hoang Duong Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
08:20-08:25 Technical Tips and Pearls of Biportal Endoscopic TLIF at L5-S1 for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis InHee Kim Nat'l Police Hosp., Korea
08:25-08:30 Para-UBE - How I do it - Modified Approach to Extra-Foraminal Pathology Ketan Deshpande Saishree Vitalife Hosp., India
08:30-08:40 Discussion
08:40-08:45 Taming the Four Dragons: The Four Most Dangerous Zones for Dural and Neural Injury in UBE Lumbar Decompression—and How to Avoid Them Chung Kee Chough Saeng Saeng Hosp., Korea
08:45-08:50 Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Resection of a Symptomatic Synovial Cyst at the Cervicothoracic Level : A Case Study with 24-Month Follow-up Kritsadakorn Kachonkittisak Samrong General Hosp., Thailand
08:50-08:55 Segmental Realignment in Higher Grade Spondylolisthesis by the UBE Fusion Technique Harsh Vardhan Binaykia Meitra Hosp., India
08:55-09:00 Toward Establishing Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy as a Norm in the Management of Cauda Equina Syndrome Due to Lumbar Disc Herniation: An Eight-Case Series Amol Rege Deenanath Mangeshkar Hosp., India
09:00-09:10 Discussion
09:10-10:00 The UBE Showdown: Master's Competition
Moderators:
Seong Yi Yonsei Univ., Korea
John Choi Spine Ortho Clinic, Australia
09:10-09:35 Multilevel Lumbar Interbody Fusion by UBE Dong-Hwa Heo
Ji Soo Ha
Chungdam Harrison Hosp., Korea
Yonsei OK Hosp., Korea
09:35-10:00 Sliding Technique of PCF by UBE Nam Lee
Ju Eun Kim
Yonsei Cheok Hosp., Korea
Baro Seomyeon Hosp., Korea
10:00-10:20 Coffee Break
10:20-11:15 Live Surgery-Like Full Video: From Incision to Closure
Moderators:
Dong Chan Lee Anyang Wiltse Memorial Hosp., Korea
Byung-Wan Choi Inje Univ., Korea
10:20-10:28 Bi-Contralateral Sublaminar Decompression and Contralateral Foraminotomy From Rt. Side Young-Ho Hong Hwahong Hosp., Korea
10:28-10:36 Paraspinal Lumbar Foraminotomy by UBE Il Choi Hallym Univ., Korea
10:36-10:44 Thoracic Meningioma Removal by UBE Cheol Wung Park Daejeon Woori Hosp., Korea
10:44-10:52 Lumbar Interbody Fusion by UBE Chung Kee Chough Saeng Saeng Hosp., Korea
10:52-11:00 Role of UBE Posterior Release in Lumbar Lordosis Restoration During OLIF Surgery Dae-Chul Cho Kyungpook Nat'l Univ., Korea
11:00-11:15 Discussion
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:15 Inside the UBE Textbook 2nd Edition: Masterclass by the Authors
Moderators:
Choon Keun Park The Leon Wiltse Memorial Hosp., Korea
Dae-Chul Cho Kyungpook Nat'l Univ., Korea
11:30-11:38 Biportal Endoscopic Tumor Removal for Thoracic Intradural Extramedullary Tumor Yong Sang Kim Jinju Barun Hospital, Korea
11:38-11:46 Basic Techniques of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Hyun-Jin Park Hallym Univ., Korea
11:46-11:54 Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Thoracic Posterior Decompression and Discectomy Ji Yeon Kim Seran Hosp., Korea
11:54-12:02 Specialized Complications of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Surgery in the Cervical and Thoracic Spine Bang-Sang Hahn The Leon Wiltse Memorial Hosp., Korea
12:02-12:15 Discussion
12:15 Closing Remark Jeong-Yoon Park WUBES President
12:25-12:55 General Assembly of the World UBE Society - Korean Language Session